Moment 12 Flashcards
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best source to begin developing a speech or essay? (start w/ the text)
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a history textbook or just textbook
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when looking for opinions in writing…
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look for sentences that have no follow up explanation for the reasoning
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if asking to chose a complex sentence, pick the option that opens with the..
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dependent clause. ex. before ernest purchases a book, she always checks to see if the library has it.
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plural form of latin words ends in…
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I, tempo is tempi. octopus is octopi, syllabus, syllabi
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aunt and uncle ONLY capitalized if…
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they are at the beginning of a sentence or used as part of a proper noun. ie Aunt Ruby
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seasons are NOT
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capitalized
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rancorous
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bitter
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sacrilegious (I before E)
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correct spelling
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pronouns
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I, you, she, he
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it’s ok to start a sentence with “because”
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on test
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the right to___arms (spelling)
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bear
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expository
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explain, give information
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narrative writing - I am the narrator
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main character in a setting who encounters a problem
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negatively skewed (negatively right)
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distribution is a type of distribution in which more values are concentrated on the right side
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positively skewed (positively left)
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distribution is a type of distribution in which most values are clustered around the left tail
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dependent variable changes w/…
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independent variable. EX - water is the independent variable with plants. Whether the plants live or not is the dependent variable.
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blood vessel that contains the least-oxygenated blood?
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pulmonary artery
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before DNA cell replication…
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the DNA should replicate so the daughter cell has the same amount of DNA material after cell division
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structure underneath the rib in descending order? (VAN in ribs)
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vein, artery, nerve
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which has the lowest blood pressure?
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vein
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double the final consonant in a verb ending in a..
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consonant. ex. blur + ed = blurred
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homophones (fones)
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words spelled differently but sound the same. ex. its/it’s, seam, seem
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homographs (tear the homograph)
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two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same. ex tear, rip or water from eye
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contraction
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a shortened form of a word, ex. it’s
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words that signal cause - if you're reading an essay (because has cause in it)
because, since, as, due to, has caused
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words that signal effect - if you're reading an essay (consequently drugs are effective)
therefore, consequently, hence, so
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cause and effect phrases (then cause it)
if...then, as a result of, as a consequence, the sequence of
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micropipette
extremely small amounts of liquid and is accurate
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ex of non-specific immune barrier
mucus
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metaphors always use the word...
is ex. she is a walking dictionary
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similes always use the words...
like or as...she is like a walking dictionary
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connotations
give richer meaning, express writer's point of view. ex. my classmate smirked when I answered incorrectly. connotation is smirked.
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primary source - photos - only considered primary if...
they are original prints. If they're found in a textbook they're secondary.
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ancient art and artifacts are always..
primary sources
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something that has been created and not altered - artifacts, original maps, artwork, are what?
primary sources
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tiertary source
a combo of primary and secondary sources ex. dictionary with a picture of an original artifact in it.
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hair follice is located in which layer of skin?
dermis
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first thing that happens when body encounters invader
mast cells release histamine
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homographs (hom mckay)
words that are spelled the same that have different meanings. ex. wind and wind. The wind blew, as I stopped to wind my watch.
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correct or incorrect: everybody should sit in their own seats
incorrect - everybody is singular, so it should be - everybody should sit in his or her own seat.
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intra
within
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inter
between
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hypo
a little
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hyper
a lot
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a - asymmetrical
not
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re should only be added to...
verb bases. recover this chair should use a hyphen - re-cover
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hyphenate prefixes before proper...
nouns or adjectives. ex. mid-American
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hyphenate ALL words beginning with...(hyphenate myself, my ex, and all)
self, ex, and all. ex. self-made, ex-president, all-round
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to change a decimal to a percent, move the...
decimal two places to the right
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convert 1.28 to a fraction
you would write it 128/100 BECAUSE the 8 is in the 100th place. If it was 1.208, it would be over 1000, because the 8 would be in the 1000th place.
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to go from a percent to a decimal, move..
2 places to the left 46.2% is .462
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to changes from a percentage to a fraction - 46.2%
46.2/100. All fractions are out of 100. To get rid of the decimal, move it over one place and add a 0 to 100. Final answer is 462/1000.
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when changing to a common denominator...
you need to multiply the common number with the numerator and the denominator. Ex. 1/2 + 3/5 will be changed to = 5/10 + 6/10
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the perimeter of a circle is just the...(walk around 2 circles - montossori)
circumference. The formula is C=2(pi)r
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.5 converted to a fraction
5/10 (because it's in the 10th place) can be reduced to 1/2
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convert percent to a fraction: 8% =
8/100 (a percent is always something out of 100)
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the mean is the...
average
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the median is the number in the...(median in middle)
middle
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the mode is the number that...
occurs the most - careful-there can be 2 modes
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skewed distribution - if a graph starts high on the left, and decreases to basically nothing on the right, it's skewed...
right
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symetrical distribution looks like a...(symmetry of a pyramid)
pyramid, sort of
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as one thing goes up, the other thing goes up, OR, if one thing goes down, the other thing goes down
positive correlation
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as one thing goes up, the other thing goes down
negative correlation
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formula for an unknown right triangle
a2 + b2 = c2
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numbers with decimals written out could separate the decimal with the word...
and
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5x = 20 what is the variable term? (x can vary)
5x
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5x = 20 what is the consonant?
20
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|3x + 1| = 2 when solving the absolute value (the bars on either side)
you need to work the equation twice. Once with =2, and once with = -2. The positive and negative.
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line graph (line on the mountains)
looks like a silhouette of the mountains
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stem and leaf plot
first digit in first row, used to show data in a graph
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box and whisker plot
looks like a syringe, used to explain data analysis
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I value xylaphones like cows do milk
1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1000
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CMLXIV
c = 100, m = 1000, l = 50, x = 10, i = 1, v = 5. Anytime you have a smaller number in front of a larger number, subtract them. ex - 100 - 1000 = 900. done. 1 - 5 = 4. done. Just add the 50 +10. total is 964.
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front end estimations is just...
estimating using the left most digit with numbers in the same place, then do the same with the second digit and so on.. 4720 + 1429, 4000 + 1000, and 700 + 400.
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rounding fractions - 5/8 =
5/8 = 1 because the numerator is greater than or equal to HALF of the denominator.
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another example of front end estimation - 56 + 49 + 17 +21 + 36 =
50 + 40 + 10 + 30 =
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clustering = find a number that is closest to the average - even if it's 1700 and 3200 3100, the average is 3000. then...
multiply that by the total, 3.
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1 liter is how many quarts? (1 piece of litter for 1 quarter)
about 1.06
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in a right triangle, the side opposite to the right angle is called the...
hypotenuse. the other sides are the legs.
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to find a piece of a pie, or angle of a pie (montosori angle)
n/360 X 2(pi)R
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covert 76 ft (2) (squared) into inches (2) (squared)
76 x (12)2 = 76 x 144 = 10, 949
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implicit information is someone's
point of view
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answering where and how provides...(implied where? How?)
implicit information
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answering who, what, when and where provides...(the 5 ws)
explicit information
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spinal nerves have both___and___impulses
afferent and efferent
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in ALS, the...
motor neurons die
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muscular dystrophy (genetic)
abnormal genes interfere with the production of healthy muscle. the nerves are not affected.
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sex cells are called..
gametes
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male gamates
sperm
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female gametes
ovum (eggs)
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sperm is produced in paired gonads called...
testes
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female gonads are the...
ovaries
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full term is...
40 weeks
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at puberty, the pituitary secretes...
fsh and lh
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fsh in males promotes production of..
sperm
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lh in males promotes production of..(lute is teste)
testosterone
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fsh in females promotes production of...
mestruation hair, mammary gland
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immature eggs are kept in..
a fluid filled structure called graafian follicle
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promotes development of follice
fsh, triggering release of estrogen
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the spike in estrogen (from fsh) causes...a surge in what? (you know the rest)
a surge in LH, which causes rupture of egg out of follicle.
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after ovulation, the empty graafian is called..
the corpus luteum. the corpus then secretes progesterone which causes uterus to thicken.
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filtrate
all of the material leaving the blood through the glomerulus
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bowman's capsule collects the...
filtrate
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after leaving the bowman's capsule, filtrate goes to the..
convoluted tubules
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in the proximal tubule____are reabsorbed
glucose and other solutes are reabsorbed
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after proximal tubule, filtrate goes to the..
loop of henle to the distal tubule, where it is reabsorbed.
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3 main functions of the kidneys (BFF)
filter waste from blood, regulate electrolyte and fluid balance in blood, and change blood flow rate and blood pressure
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blood enters the kidneys through...(because it's coming from the heart)
the renal artery, and leaves via the renal veins
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the amount of filtrate collected in the bowman's capsule is regulated by..
blood pressure in the glomerulus
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3 metabolic byproducts that must be kept to a minimum are...(byyyyyy CUU)
nitrogenous wastes: urea, uric acid, and creatinine.
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the kidneys regulate how much water is lost from our body through urine by...
the amount of sodium chloride in the blood. The reabsorption affects the osmotic pressure.
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where sodium goes...
water follows
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dehydration causes reduced blood volume, therefore...
lower blood pressure
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when kidneys lessen their ability to reabsorb water, urine becomes...
more dilute
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aldosterone increases reabsorption of...
sodium ions. Then Cl follows, and water. Blood volume is increased, therefore blood pressure is increased.
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angiotensin II also causes the release of..
antiduretic hormone secreted by pituitary
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molecule to molecule bonding is a function of...
heat. movement increases as it gains heat.
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the phase in which a substance exists is dependent on___properties
the intensive properties (intensive property would be heat)
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heat is measured in...
units of calories or joules
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heat is...
energy, temperature is the measure of hot or cold
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the 2 factors that influence the phase of a substance
temp and pressure
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increasing temp moves particles..
apart, increasing pressure moves them together
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phase diagram used...
used to predict a molecule's state of matter
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ex. of an intensive property (specific intensity)
specific heat capacity - it's intrinsic
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when a gas loses enough energy to be below its boiling point temp, it..
returns to a liquid state
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condensation is the transition from..
gas to liquid
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critical point (critically missing solid)
when substances exist as a liquid and a gas
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smooth ER is the site of...
lipid production and storage
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groups of similar cells that work together to perform a function
tissue
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surface area of a box
2Lw x 2LH x 2Wh
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cubic feet is...(my feet have volume)
volume
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squared feet is...
area
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volume of a cylinder formula (volume of cylinder of coke)
pi(r)2h (pi times r squared times h)
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write this in expanded form in terms of power to the ten - 237.45
2 x 10(2) + 3 x 10 (1) + 7 x 10(0) + 4 x 10 (-1) + 5 x 10 (-2)
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divide 452 by 52 - enter which number first?
enter 452 first
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gary, as well as his 3 children, is coming to visit today
is is singular because Gary is singular
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second person plural
the teacher said "you better do well on the test" addressing the entire class
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compound sentences are always joined by a...(fanboys)
coordinating conjunction - for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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formula for perimeter of a half circle (crescent moon)
pi x r +2r
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formula for area of a circle
pi x R(2)
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formula for area of a circle
pi x R(2)
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area of a parallelogram - basically a square
b x h
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the circumference of a circle is the...
total all the way around, it's the perimeter
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formula for circumference of a circle is..
pi x diameter
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change 4 inches squared into cm squared
FIRST - square 2.54 = 6.4516 THEN multiply by 4 = 25.8064 squared
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surface area is the total area of a...
3-dimensional object
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surface area of a sphere is...(surface of 4 sphere pies)
4 x pi x r(2)
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surface area of a cylinder or silo is...(2 silos - r squared and r h)
basically a rectangle with two circles = Rectangle = 2 x pi x r(2) squared = 2 x pi x r x h - THEN add together.
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mitosis - IPMAT
interphase - dust bunny of cells (is chromatin), cetrosomes and dna duplicates; prophase - willow; metaphase - center; anaphase - split and dragged to side; telophase - phone, splitting starts, cytokinesis - split
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phase that cells spend most of their time in
interphase
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longest phase of mitosis (long time to become a pro)
prophase
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lung condition that is high compliance
emphysema, because it causes the lungs to expand too much
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causes a decrease in alveolar pressure
contracting the diaphram, bc it makes the lungs bigger
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4 components of cardiovascular system (heart lab - LHBB)
blood, blood vessels, heart and lymphatic system
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the formed elements in plasma are...(form warped WRP)
leukocytes (wbc), erythrocytes (rbcs), and platelets
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makes antibodies
lymphocytes (b and t cells)
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external control of the heart is regulated by..
epi and nor-epi
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how many salivary glands in the mouth?
3 pairs
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P before L (throat)
pharynx then larynx
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gastric juice is a mix of...(MHD)
mucus, HCL, and digestive enzymes
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chief cells secrete...
pepsinogen, an inactive form of pepsin used to digest protein.
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gastric lipase digests..
fats
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parietal cells secrete..
HCL, which coverts pepsinogen into pepsin.
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goblet cells secrete...(gobble - kids)
mucus to protect against HCL
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vitamin B12 is absorbed in...(where all things are absorbed)
the small intestines, jejunum and ileum.
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blood carrying nutrients from the small intestines goes to the..
liver through hepatic portal
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water and vitamins are absorbed in..
the liver
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deglutination is...
swallowing
